Wikileaks founder Julian Assange speaks to the media outside the Ecuador embassy in west London on August 19, 2012. Assange sed the balcony of Ecuador's London embassy on Sunday to berate the United States for threatening freedom of expression and called on U.S. President Barack Obama to end what he called a witch-hunt against WikiLeaks.

Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks makes a statement from a balcony of the Ecuador Embassy in London, Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012. Julian Assange called on United States to 'end its witch hunt' against the WikiLeaks organization.